Women’s Experiences in Leadership in K-16 Science Education Communities Becoming and Being /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wieseman, Katherine C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Weinburgh, Molly H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Science.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Science education.; Teaching.; Higher education.; Science, general.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Science Education.; Higher Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

A discourse on women’s leadership within science education has, until now, been largely invisible in book form. This, therefore, is the first book to address women’s leadership within science education. The book embraces relational ways of knowing as a foundation for leadership and takes courageous...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Opening
• Opening
• Introduction: Seeds Germinating and Growing
• First Seeds: Aloneness Leads to Building Community
• Enculturation into Science Education: Comparing Pathways and Dilemmas
• Germinating and Growing: Dimensions of Leadership Development
• Choosing a Teaching University: A Change in Identity?
• Making Lemonade from Lemons: A Road to Leadership for Women in Science Education
• Women’s Ways of Leading: Navigating Gender Issues in the World of Science
• Transplanting and Growing: Physical-Geographic Relocation and Accompanying Huge Cultural Shifts
• Resolving Issues of Cultural Discontinuity in Co-facilitation of Professional Development Activities
• Developing Leadership through Cultural Understanding in an Urban Science Community of Practice
• Wither Thou Goest: The Trailing Spouse or Commuter Marriage Dilemma
• Flowering and Seed Forming: Leadership Models
• Emerging Leadership Through Experiences in Unfamiliar Academic Waters: Researching Invisible Truths
• Teaching Elementary School Science: The Road Less Traveled
• Laying the Ladder Down: Egalitarian Leadership
• Building Leadership Capacity by Nurturing Community
• I Don’t Want to be a Principal! I Want to be a Teacher Leader!
• New Seeds: Hopes and Visions for the Future
• A Beginning Teacher’s Reflection: I’m a Teacher, but Is Teaching Alone Good Enough for Me?
• Teaching in a Rural Community, Where Roots Grow Strong and Risks are a Daily Occurrence
• Epilogue: Seeds in Want of Your Watering to Germinate, Grow, Flower, Fruit, and Seed
• Closing: The Cycle is Complete, But Can It Begin Again?.